Barber&#39;s comb



June 23, 1931. J w; INGRAM 1,811,271

BARBER s COMB Filed July 16', 1930 INVENTOR, AME W INGRAM;

Patented dune 23, 1931 Maw earner JAMES VJ. INGBAM,G F SAN FRANCISCO, CAEEC-33311.91

BARBER'S CDIVIB Application July 16,

The present invention relates to improvements in combs, and moreparticularly to those employed by barbers in the prosecution of theircalling.

As is well understood, the common practice in comb manufacture is togive to the back edge of the comb an approximately straight line or aline slightly convex, conditions depriving a barber using such combs ofa secure thumb-rest as held in hand, ordinarily, by a barber inhair-trimming.

Another faulty condition in ordinary comb construction, as viewed fromthe barbers standpoint, lies in the fact that the combs tooth-points liesubstantially in a common straight line, making it difficult,- onaccount of the blunt ends thus provided the comb, for the barber to liftthe locks of hair from depressions and to readily reach that immediatelybehind the ears. These difficulties are eliminated in the presentconstruction, the combs here having extremities whose teeth-points liein a line curving from combextremity to comb-extremity with its conrexity facing outwardly, thus removing that extreme bluntnes's ofco1nb-ends usually found, and so objectionable, v in comb constructionsintended for barbers use.

The primary objects of the present invention are to remedy thedifficulties previously referred to by substituting a double-reversecurve for the comb back the central section of which has its convexityextending for wardly and its concavity milled to provide a suitablethumb-rest for the barbers thumb in gripping normally a section of thecomb body, and, additionally, that of forming the teethpoints to liewithin a gently curving line extending from comb-extremity tocomb-extremity with its convexity facing outwardly.

' The invention resides-in the peculiar contour given to the combs backedge and to the inward curving of the central section thereof and themilling borne thereby, together with the curving of the tooth-edge lineextending from comb-extremity to comb-extremity with the convexity ofthe line facing outwardly and the narrowed bluntness of the comb ends.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like 1939. Serial No. 463,255.

reference characters refer to like parts, throughout Figure 1 representsa barber in the act of hair-trimming together with the comb as normallyheld in the hands of a barber while engaged in the act thereof; 7

Figure 2 is a blank form from which the comb is formed, showing thenature of the combs back-curve, together with the extreme sweep of curvefrom comb-extremity to combextremity and the narrowed comb ends resulting from this construction; and

Figure 3 is aperspective View, approximately full size, of a combconstructed in accordance with my invention, showing both the characterof the curve of the combs back edge and the milling borne by the centralsection thereof, and, additionally, the character of the curve withinwhich the teeth-points are made to lie and the narrowed comb ends.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral e indicates, ina general way, a barber in the act of hair-trimming, S'indicatinganormally held comb, 6 a pair of shears, 7 a lock of hair in the act ofbeing trimmed, 8,9 and 10 a double-reverse curve constituting the backedge of a blank from which a comb is formed, of which 9 is the centralsection tiereof and 8 and 10 the reverse curved extensions therefrom, l1and 18 the extreme ends and 11, 12 and 13 the slightly curved frontaledge,-the 001118) of which faces forwardly. In a comb proper, asrepresented in Figure 3, the doublereverse back edge curve is indica-'16, 15, the central section being ii 16 with a milled edgcl? and havingcurved sections 1d and 15 terminating at the comb ends 18 and 20, thetooth-sections being indicated at 23, 24, the points of the teethconstituting these sections conforming to a curve indicated at 18, 19and 20 joining, respectively, at 18 and 20 the extremities of the curves14 and 15 to form the somewhat narrowed extreme ends of the comb, thesebearing the widened and strengthened ini tial end teeth 21 and 22 of thecomb.

The blank represented in Figure 2 may be stamped from any suitablematerial, preferably from some form of aluminum sheet materialof adesired thickness and the blank thus obtained die-stamped to form thecomb,

. and with its concave surface milled to provide a secure thumb-rest. 8.In a comb of the character described, a comb-back having centrally a.concavity facing outwardly, said concavity being milled and adapted toform a thnmb-rest for the convenienceof a barber manipulatingsaicl comb.

tooth-points lying in a single curve the convexity of which facesoutwardly.

8. The combination, in a device of the character described, of anelongated body portion the outer edge of which conforms in contour tothat of a-double-reverse curve, the central portion being concave andmilled and the curved extens'ionsltherefrom reversed as to curvature,and teeth borne by the opposite edge of said body portion, the points ofsaid teeth lying withina curve extending from comb-extremity tocomb-extremity with its convexity facing outwardly, the curve boundingthe said tooth edges meeting the extremities of said extension curvesand forming therewith slightly blunted comb ends'bearing, respectively,a shortened and broadened initial tooth.

In testimony whereof I herenntoaffix my signature. 7 i JAMES; W. INGRAM.

lhAbarbers; comb having a body and teeth. extending outwardly therefromthe points of itsiteeth. lying within a curve extending from extremity-mextremity thereof, with the convexity of said curve facing outwardlyfrom the. body-thereof the teeth in the centerof the comb being shorterthan those between the center and the extremities.

5. A barbe-rs comb having forthe edge of its back section adouble-reverse curve, the

convexity of the central portion of said curve facing inwardly towardthe body thereof and milled on its concave edge, said body I beingprovided upon its opposite edge with I a multiple of teeth, the pointsof which lie within a single curve extending from combextremitytocomb-extremity, with the concavity ofY'said curveextending-outwardlyfrom the body thereof with its end portions uniting" with the endportions of the twooutlying curves ofthe double-reverse curve of itsback edge to form slightlv'blunted comb-extremities bearing,respectively, 'an

initial tooth of increasedwidth and bodily strength.

said comb.

' 6. Abarbers comb having a back provided centrally with a concavity,said concavity being milled and facing outwardly to providea securethumb-rest for the convenience: of a barber manipulating said comb, theextremities. of said curve having extension curves of oppositecurvaturethereto and extending, respectively, to the extremities of 1 7. Abarbers comb having itsv back:

' tooth edges bounded by curved lines meeting; I at theextremities ofsaid comb: on the niedian line thereof to form slightly, blunted endstherefor, the central section of said back being concave and milled.and, the

